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[LFC]

36% is actually higher than I thought.

The federal government's legislated target is to have 82% of Australia's electricity powered by renewables by 2030. Sitting at a true national average of 36% means the nation needs to more than double its total green output in a very short time frame....3 and a half years??

And transitioning a grid fractured island continent where heavy industry is locked in the desert and the cities are separated by thousands of kilometers of empty space shows exactly why a complete, national 2050 Net Zero target looks like a monumental uphill battle.

yer I have to see it to believe it - also talk is cheap whereas laying out a actual/projected "cost" plan And having it go through seamless just isn't Aussie any more Thanks Not to a number of barriers put up the modern times.
OH&S (talking getting man labour and work done), compliances, red tape over red tape.
We have set up to make it harder to move forward in everything.
Dreaming !

I had been a regular China biz visitor pre covid some 30/40 times - I just returned from my first of many ahead post covid.
Now were talking the CCP eh, by the way Jingping only recently changed the law normally you govern 2 terms.
Yes, a law was changed to remove presidential term limits, which allows Xi Jinping to remain in power indefinitely. In March 2018, China's parliament, the National People's Congress, passed a constitutional amendment that eliminated the two-term limit on the presidency
The 2018 Amendment: The National People's Congress voted nearly unanimously (2,958 to 2) to alter the 1982 constitution. This removed the ten-year cap on presidential service.

I'm mentioning this purely on the base's of continuity.......
He cleaned out the countless messy/sub standard factories being they are such manufacturing power house now having everyone by the balls, volumes are massive you need good factories and improved pollution standards.
A lot more filtration systems imposed, the massive increase of EV's on their roads I noticed the air quality has improved 100% compared to per covid.
They build infrastructure in no time for new Industrial developments typically.
No mucking about waiting on report after a million like here - whereas we once we're far more productive.
Their car boom, they got so much IP from Euro/American grandfather companies they have helped cooking their goose's the last 50yrs.
You cannot believe how many EV's are there.
There is up to 100 brands give or take.
At the bottom end (brand quality wise) you get into a mid size EV SUV for around A$10K !
I travelled all round Shanghai for days then 3/5hrs south remaining days.
Chargers everywhere.
Petrol is expensive purposely mind you many still around might I add.
New car ICE sales are around 40%.
Coal currently accounts for roughly 51% to 60% of China's electricity supply and makes up about half of its primary energy mix. Despite an aggressive rollout of renewables, China's coal reliance remains deep-rooted due to structural grid inertia and energy security policies.

The tech advancements they can implement and do it - we can't part due to what you said, geography etcetc......

Whereas I was in KL the previous week, their Gov polar opposite.
ICE rules and being a oil producer.
They subside fuel greatly to manage their cost of living and prevent widespread inflation.
Now how about all these type of Nations that are similar to introduce a green outlook intent hahaha
Good luck.

 

[Toebash]

Why are you both saying renewables are 36% of generation?

OpenElectricity, which tracks live energy generation in Australia and is authoritative, has renewables at 44.5% of generation over the past full year in the National Electricity Market, plus another 1.3% from batteries (which are largely charged by renewables). Here's the website if you want to play around yourself: https://openelectricity.org.au/ It's an amazing resource and I look at it almost weekly. It also tracks all energy facilities, including those under construction and committed.

I suspect your 36% figure is a couple of years out of date. Things are moving really, really quickly.

 

[LFC]

because there is many sites to get figures hence the conflict.
yes I re checked was '24 and its a gov site energy.gov.au unlike a UNSW energy research institute you passed on..
8% huge jump not to me and who's right - we'd look up another 5/6 if we like and find different figures.
That's another issue the way I see it.